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ISAAC. s. BUNNELL, 0 .CARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN-OR T0 HIM- SELF, 01 1s REYNOLDS, AND GEORGE w. REYNOLDS.

Letters Patent No. 78,052, dated May 19, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

7 Be it known that I, ISAAC S. BUNNELL, of the city of Garbondale, county of Luzerne, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented'a new and improved Machine for Husking Card, (to which I have applied the name of"Bunnells Corn-Husker3) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference'being had to the annexed drawings, making'a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2, a sectional view of lover I; and lever 0.

Letter B, in fig. 2, represents the bench or seat, elevated upon three legs, through which passes the gate, 0, attached underneath to the lever 12. The upper part of gate 04's in the form of a half circle, to the end of which is attached the knife A and lever C, on top of which is spring S. Letter 1) is a trough on bench 13. Letter E is a standard, with arm from top. Letter P represents standards each side of the gate, in order to hold the gate in its proper position.

To enable others skille'd in the art to make and use my inventioin I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct the bench B out of\wood,= in any desirable form. The gate, 0, I construct outof iron, in the 7 form of a half circle at top, with the long side made wide and fiat, to fit the two standards I, which are fastened with screws or bolts on top of the bench. The lever 6 is'made of iron, attached to the fulcrum R, and also to the gate, 0, underneath the bench B; The end of lever 5 is bent in the form of a crank, with handle raised, so as to be easily worked with the hand by the operator, sitting upon the benchB, hack of the gate, O. The knife, A, I construct from steel, sharp-pointed, in the form of a half diamond, and is substantially fastened to the end of gate, 0. At the'top end of knife A, I make a shoulder, L, in which is attached lever C, in the form of a right angle, with one arm running down nearly to the point of the knife, the other arm extending out, so as to strike the standard E. Also, on top of the shoulder L, I. fasten a steel spring, curved shape, with the other end pressing upon the outer arm of lever C, in order to keep the other arm of lever 0 close to the knife A. The trough, D, I make of any hard wood, dugout from the top sutlicient to hold the corn ready for the knife. The standard, E, I make of any desirable material, in the form of a right angle, so placed upon the bench that when the knife is pushed down" past the end of trough D, so as to separate the corn-cob from the stock, the outer arm of lever C will strike it, and throw the other arm out, and with it throw the corn from the husks.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of. the cast-iron gate, 0, steel knife A, lever 0, spring S, trough D, with bench B, as

herein described, and for the nurpose set forth.

' ISAAC S. BUNNELL. Witnesses:

Guns. Bonn, Janus W. MUNeEn. 

